Transcript Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Henrietta Swan Leavitt
The Woman Who Measured
the Universe
Katy Sternberger
1868-1921
Behold the distant stars, how high they are.
- (Job 22:12)
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
“A straight line can readily be drawn
among each of the two series of points
corresponding to maxima and minima,
thus showing that there is a simple
relation between the brightness of the
variables and their periods.”
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt announcing her new law
Triangulation
Leavitt
Crater
There is one glory of the sun, and
another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars; for
star differs from star in glory.
- (I Corinthians 15:41)
For more information, see:
Johnson, George. Miss Leavitt’s Stars. NewYork: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.
Sternberger, Katy. “Henrietta Swan Leavitt.” <StarWrite.org>